Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Alan Bennett"

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The Lady in the Van ***½ (2015, Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Roger Allam, Deborah Findlay, Frances de la Tour, David Calder, Gwen Taylor, Jim Broadbent) – Movie Review

Maggie Smith is brilliant, of course, re-creating her stage role as Miss Shepherd, the transient derelict lady who parks up her van in playwright Alan Bennett’s Camden front drive for 15 years. It’s based on a more […]

Oct, 15

Prick Up Your Ears **** (1987, Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave, Wallace Shawn, Julie Walters, Frances Barber, Lindsay Duncan) – Classic Movie Review 2976

Director Stephen Frears’s provocative 1987 biopic is a cleverly written, powerfully acted biography of the brilliant Sixties gay playwright Joe Orton. It was advertised as ‘From the director of My Beautiful Laundrette’ and ‘They shared […]

Oct, 10

The Madness of King George ***** (1994, Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren, Ian Holm, Rupert Everett) – Classic Movie Review 129

‘His majesty was all-powerful and all-knowing. But he wasn’t quite all there.’ Oscar-nominated Nigel Hawthorne gives a right royal performance in his finest hour in the movies as mad King George III  (who reigned 1760-1820), […]

Aug, 05

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